Injunctions
[ɪn'dʒʌŋkʃən]
Examples
- With these injunctions, he pushed the rattling door with his shoulder, and entered the house, followed by his companion. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Volumnia tremblingly protests that she will observe his injunctions to the letter. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And so, with injunctions to Miss Sharp to be ready at five in the morning, he bade her good night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- To this woman he gave Moore in charge, with the sternest injunctions respecting the responsibility laid on her shoulders. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She is tenderhearted on the subject of her pupil; yet she reproaches you sometimes for obeying your uncle's injunctions too literally. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In the morning I obeyed Holmes's injunctions to the letter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- She carried out every one of my injunctions to the letter, and certainly without her cooperation you would not have that paper in your coat-pocket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It, too, will not be stopped by hard names or injunctions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He obeyed her injunctions, and passed a year in exile in Cumberland. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- From her father's example and injunctions, Rebecca had learnt to bear herself courteously towards all who approached her. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Having superadded many injunctions to be sure and not take cold, the old lady at length permitted him to depart. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Typist: Wilhelmina